Our ultrasound was this morning, and we found out that we're having our third boy!! We're very excited and are tossing around name possibilities. It's a little hard for me to believe (even though I thought it would be another boy) -- it just seems like the odds are that we would have at least one girl by now! Maybe if we have another baby in a few years it will be a girl, and then she can have 3 older brothers to toughen her up a little and protect her :). I couldn't be happier that this baby is a boy, though!! I consider it a privilege that we are raising boys up to be good, Christian, Godly men. Plus -- we are very much in the "boy" groove, and adding one more to the pack will be an easy transition, I think. We can even stack them up all up in the same room until they leave for college :). Seriously, though, I'm very relieved that the baby is perfectly healthy, has a healthy heart, brain, etc. and is measuring just the right size.
Otherwise, everything in this pregnancy has been textbook. I "feel" big, but my tummy is growing just fine and I'm gaining a healthy amount of weight. I miss my normal body shape and size a little, but I only have 4 more months (!!!) of feeling huge before we get to meet this baby and I get to have my body back :). It's probably also good for me to remember that part of motherhood is being asked to give up what's very near and dear to me (i.e. my body and body image/physical comforts, etc.) for the good of another (in this case very tiny) person.
We were so blessed to have Kim watch the boys while David and I went to the ultrasound today. Jack and Thomas had such a blast with her!! Kim has a great description of their day together over on her blog http://sdbarbers.blogspot.com/.
It's not often that I look at my kids outside of my role as their Mom, but watching Kim play with them and hearing about the fun adventures that they cook up when they're together makes me treasure my kids more. I'm very thankful for that reminder! Many days I feel like I'm on survival mode - just trying to keep them and myself decently fed and clothed during the day while I juggle household chores and errands and spending time with David when he gets home. It's so easy for me to get wrapped up in my "to-do's" that I overlook the joys of kids just being kids, and playing, and laughter, and silliness. :). And as many older and wider people keep reminding me, little kids grow up way too fast and this time that I have with them now is precious. God bless aunts (and uncles and grandparents!) for giving me perspective when I need it.
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